Kinmen Airport

Kinmen Airport
金門航空站
IATA: KNHICAO: RCBS
KNH
Location of airport in Taiwan
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Civil Aeronautics Administration
Serves Kinmen, Fuchien
Elevation AMSL 93 ft / 28 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 3,001 9,846 Asphalt
Sources: [1][2]

Kinmen Airport or Shang Yi Airport (Traditional Chinese: 金門尚義機場, Simplified Chinese: 金门尚义机场, Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnmén Shàngyì jīchǎng) (IATA: KNHICAO: RCBS) is a civilian airport serving Kinmen, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan).[1] It was built in 1994 as a civilian airport located at Shang-I, to the northeastern side of the original military airport. It was authorized to become a C-class airport under the direct supervision of Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Executive Yuan.

It serves an average of 1.2 million passenger every year.

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 93 feet (28 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 06/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,001 by 45 metres (9,846 × 148 ft).[1]

A 2,580-metre connecting road links to a highway leading to two townships.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Far Eastern Air Transport Taipei-Songshan
Mandarin Airlines Taichung, Taipei-Songshan
TransAsia Airways Kaohsiung, Taipei-Songshan
Uni Air Chiayi, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei-Songshan

References

  1. ^ a b c Airport information for RCBS from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for KNH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).

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